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Have you successful lost weight while on meds?

Butterfly2022MD
Butterfly2022MD Posts: 247 Member
edited January 24 in Social Groups
Hello,

I am working out everyday to work towards my goal of 30 lb weight loss by August 1st. Please share your tips and insight is you have been able to successfully maintain a healthy weight, or lose weight while on meds.

Thanks!

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  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    it is hard, but its doable. last year i lost 27lbs in 6 mos, which i thought was pretty good, but then i hit the wall and gained most of it back. this time is a little harder, but i am losing slowly but surely.

    i take a medication that promotes weight gain, and i take a lot of it, so i'm not the best person to judge by. but if i can do, anyone can :)
  • yrollam1013
    yrollam1013 Posts: 41 Member
    For me I've found it impossible on certains meds (zyprexa) to lose any weight no matter how I worked at it. Now that I've switched meds, even though I'm on a few known weight gainers (seroquel, lithium, saphris) I've lost 38lbs since January. So I would suggest you keep track of your efforts and after a month or two you don't see results despite doing the right things I would talk to your doctor about other meds, especially if it is continuing to cause weight gain.
  • Butterfly2022MD
    Butterfly2022MD Posts: 247 Member
    I am taking lithium, and sequel and lamictal. I lost 11 pounds in 3 weeks recently after a medication change and because I am working out. Now I appear to be at a plateau. I didn't lose any weight last week at all.
  • yrollam1013
    yrollam1013 Posts: 41 Member
    Plateaus are just when your metabolism has to rewrite itself so it goes faster it takes quite a bit of time for the metabolism to catch up too all the changes we make. Give it a week or two and you should see a loss again.
  • Butterfly2022MD
    Butterfly2022MD Posts: 247 Member
    I lost 11 pounds after going on Topomax. I stopped taking Topomax, and started taking lithium and I stopped losing weight.
  • Elsie_Brownraisin
    Elsie_Brownraisin Posts: 786 Member
    Well, one medication in particular helped me lose weight...but I stopped sleeping and eating and thought my friends and relatives were holding meetings about me. It was quite, quite horrible. But I had lost a dress seize afterwards! :laugh: :embarassed:

    1 week is not very long - if you are still about, has your weight loss continued?

    Do you have a regular thyroid function test? I take lithium and it caused hypothyroidism. It's easier for me to lose weight now I take Levothyroxine. I still have to eat less and move more, but it is coming off more easily than before.

    A psych nurse informed a friend who also takes Seroquel that people gain weight on it as they feel more sedated and don't want to exercise, but I disagree with them. Whilst I didn't get to tip the scales at 104kg from eating salad, I really don't like sweet things and would rather eat cheese, crisps, or olives. Since I started Seroquel though, I found myself wanting to eat things like Skittles and Coke. I have never craved sugar like that before.
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